The refurb of the House of Commons really can't come soon enough. (View Post)

As I'm trying to avoid some extremely dull admin. Thought I'd plot the durations of UK PM's going back ~200 years - and a second with the outliers removed just to see if it made things… (View Post)

https://www.exmoorcaviar.com/ (not affiliated, sadly) have nice caviars. One of my favourite new years day treats. (View Post)

But the sound of their voice? There are recordings using now-forgotten techniques that we can't play back sadly, - including A.Lincoln. A flickering moving face is small beans to me. Nothing in … (View Post)

Aside from that, it's brought to mind this scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 39 Steps : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aalwXQINtio Getting on for 100 years old. And somehow still relevant. 100… (View Post)